Fish lure



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PATENT FFH .ALBERT OLSON, OIF MINEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.'

FISH EURE.

Application led June'12, 1922. Serial No. 567,81.

To all wiom t may concern:

Be it known that ll, ALBERT OLSON, a subject of the King of Sweden residing at Minneapolis, in the county of l'lennepin and @l State of Minnesota, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements in Fish Lures, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to artificial baits or l@ lures for catchin fish and the main object is to provide a simple, practical and weedless bait in which a pair of hooks are concealed until the bait is bitten by a fish, at-

which time the hooks will spring out for w engagement With its mouth, so-that the fish may he pulled in. Further objects will. be djlosed in the course of the following specification and are illustrated in the accompanying drawin in which: n

Fig'. 1 is an elevation of the lure, showing it as set.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the middle of the lure, showing it as sprung. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1.

Fig. d is a cross section 0n the line 4--4 in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing and by reference characters A and B designate the respective upper and lower halves or sections of the lure, which is formed to substantially resemble a small natural fish. A band C, jointed as atV D, secures the section A and section B together, and the adjacent faces of said sections are so formed that a slight tilting -movement:of one section on the other, from the center D, is permitted.

A small transverse bar or pin E is clamped between the two sections A, B by resting in recesses in their adjacentv faces, A leader F, having a loop G at its forward end., rejects from the forward end of the lure, or attachment to the line (not shown and its rear end is secured about the pin A wire spring loop H is also secured about the pin and this loop termnates'in two pended claims.

rearwardly projecting hooks ll which operate 1n vertical slotsJ in the sections A, B. The hooks l are normally spring held outwardly, but when set are held and concealed wlthin the slots J by a air of catches K, secured on the correspon ing sections A, B. When thus set the rear ends of the sections are spread apart, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. A. pair vof releasing members L are secured one oneach section, and are so arranged that when the rear ends of said section are pinched together the said members will dislodge the. hooks l from the catches K.

When the hooks are thus dislodged or sprung they will of course spring out and engage whatever has bitten over the lure. To again set the lure it is only necessary to hold the front end closed with one hand while the hooks are pressed into the slots J with the other hand, it being understood that the hooks also have a sidewise springing tendency toward their respective catches.

It is further understood that suitable modifications may be made in this device, provided, however, that such modifications come within the spirit and scope of the ap- Having nowA therefore fully7 shown and described my invention what l claim to be new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A lure comprising a pair of sections tiltably s r:ured to each other. the front ends of the sections being normally closed when the lure is set, a pair of hooks concealed in said sections, and means for releasing said hooks when the rear ends of the sections are close'd. Y

2. A lure comprising a pair of sections yieldingly separated at their rear ends, hooks concealed in the lure and normally spring held outwardly when released, means operative by closing the rear section ends together for releasing said hooks.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

ALBERT OLSON. 

